1 Samuel 25:33
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as LORD lives, and as thy soul lives, since LORD has withheld thee from blood guiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, b
1 Samuel 24:19
For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away well? Therefore LORD reward thee good for that which thou have done to me this day.
1 Samuel 25:31
that this shall be no grief to thee, nor offence of heart to my lord, either that thou have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid
1 Samuel 26:9-10
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
Psalm 141:5
Let a righteous man smite me, [as] a kindness. And let him reprove me, [as] oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.
Proverbs 9:9
Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 25:12
An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Proverbs 27:21
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is [tried] by his praise.
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.